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Road Safety in India – The Bare Facts

� In 2014 (source: MoRTH)

� Road Accidents : 4,89,4004,89,4004,89,4004,89,400

� Road Accident deaths : 1,39,671 1,39,671 1,39,671 1,39,671 i.e. 16 people

killed every hour

� Road Accident injuries : 4,93,474

� Rs 90,000 Crore loss to country on account of the above (source : Planning commission)


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Year Wise No. of Persons Killed & Injured



Road Accidents – the Major Causes

I. Over Speeding: As per research, the probability of death due to over speeding increases over 10 times as the speed increases from 60 kmph to 70 kmph.

II. Driver’s Fault: Transport vehicle * drivers in India are

• least educated • least trained amongst all vehicle drivers, • overworked and stressed most of the time• in a hurry to meet schedules

III. Transport Vehicles*: 8% of all vehicles on road but cause over 70% of road accidents & deaths.



The Solution� Since Overspeeding is the major contributor to Road

Accidents, Controlling the speed of vehicles to a

predefined limit would result in reducing Road accidents

and thus the fatalities.

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ELECTRONIC SPEED GOVERNOR


What is Speed Governor ?

• Speed Governor, or Speed Limitation Device (SLD)

is a micro-controller based electronic unit, which

constantly monitors the speed of a vehicle and

controls the vehicle speed within the preset limit.

• It is governed by Technical Standard – AIS 018

• Has to be approved from any Government

Approved testing agencies


Types of Speed Governors

• Speed Governor - Fuel based

• Speed Governor - Cable / Actuator Type

• SG for Electronic Paddle Interface vehicles also called “Fly By Wire”


How It Works


Speed Governor - is a micro-controller based electronic unit, which

constantly monitors the speed of a vehicle and governs the vehicle speed

within the preset limit.


So what has the

Government Done to

tackle this issue………



MoRTH Notification




Section 118 of The Central Motor Vehicle Rules

(CMVR) 1989 (extract) :

� (1) On and from commencement from this rule, such transport vehicles as may be notified by the Government in the Official Gazette shall be fitted by the operator of such transport vehicle with a Speed Governor (speed-controlling device) conforming to Standard AIS: 018 (as amended from time to time) specified by Bureau of Indian Standards in such a manner that the speed governor can be sealed with an official seal of the State Transport Authority or a Regional Transport Authority in such a way that it cannot be removed or tampered with without the seal being broken.

� (2) The Speed Governor of every transport vehicle shall be so set that the vehicle is incapable of being driven at a speed in excess of the maximum pre-set speed of the vehicle except down an incline.


Status in StatesFew States have followed the guidelines and

implemented the deployment of Speed Governors

(Speed Limiters) for the referred and prescribed

Vehicles

We expect that soon other states would also come with

notification of same, for safety of passengers, vehicles

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Kerala Haryana

Karnataka Chhattisgarh

Rajasthan Tamil Nadu

Delhi Maharashtra

Punjab Andhra Pradesh etc…

Madhya Pradesh

Standards governing Speed Limiters

•In India every Speed Governor and its variants need to have a

type Approval under Technical Standard AIS 018:2001 from a

government recognized testing laboratory like ARAI, Pune.

•Every speed Governors need to be type approved as per AIS

018 Standard for different makes and models of vehicles and for

different set speeds.

•Every factory manufacturing these speed governors must

regularly get a Conformity of Production under AIS 037

•A valid TAC and COP is required for manufacture, supply and

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However it has been seen that in-spite of

some processes being prescribed, the

implementation of the above rule is not

effectively being implemented due to

GAPs / laxities in the existing processes

that have been put in place in the

transport department and lack of

enforcement of Various States such as:


• Products not duly approved by Govt. Authorised Technical

Agencies (viz. ARAI Pune / ICAT Manesar) as per technical

Standard AIS 018 Amendment no 4 for each Vehicle Model

and variant are being fitted by.

• Lack of effective appraisal and assessment has resulted in

entry of ‘Fly by Night’ operators and unorganized dealers /

agents, some of whom don’t even have a PAN/TIN Number

and indulge in cash sales and issuance of false bills /

certificates , production in residential area buildings leading

to evasion of Excise, Sales Tax & Service Tax and flouting of

Labour and factory laws.

• This arises to no audit trail leading back to operator in case of

non operation of limiter.


• These ‘Fly by Night’ operators and unorganized

dealers / agents are widely following a practice of

recycling the speed governors i.e. they will remove

the speed governor from the Vehicle after Fitness

Passing and re-install the same in another vehicle at

the time of “passing”.

• Incomplete speed limiters are being supplied in field

i.e. without Speed Sensors.

• Dummy Electronic Control Units without the

Microcontrollers and other vital electronic

components are being supplied in field.


Suggested Solution For Proper Implementation

Of Speed Governor Rule

– Manufacturer should be selected by the State for

implementation of Speed Governors through a

tender process

OR

– The state should shortlist vendors who are

allowed to install such devices using suitable

eligibility criteria such as being a manufacturer,

Indian Company, turnover and net worth,

duration in Speed Governor business, production

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…………and let us pledge toand let us pledge toand let us pledge toand let us pledge to

Reduce Road AccidentsReduce Road AccidentsReduce Road AccidentsReduce Road Accidents

Thank You Thank You Thank You Thank You


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